United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Ahmad Alhindawi of Jordan as his Envoy on Youth, a spokesperson for the world body’s chief said today.
Despite “remarkable progress” in recovering from multiple crises, international support to consolidate stability in Côte d’Ivoire is ever more important given the volatile security situation in its region, the top United Nations official in the West African country said today.
The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has condemned the recent desecration and arson attack against a mausoleum in Tunisia devoted to the Sufi saint Sidi Bou Said.
The United Nations and its partners are appealing for $30.5 million to assist some 59,000 people who have been affected by the recent fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) eastern province of North Kivu.
The United Nations envoy to Myanmar today called on all parties in the country to work to ease tensions, resume dialogue, and ensure that there is humanitarian access to those who have been affected by the violence in the states of Kachin and Rakhine.
The United Nations University (UNU), the international organization’s research and teaching network, has been ranked fifth among government-affiliated think tanks in a report launched at the world body’s headquarters in New York today.
The world is undergoing big changes in the economic, development and political spheres, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today in a lecture at Stanford University, highlighting three essential ways to navigate through this “Great Transition.”
Dengue, leprosy, river blindness and guinea-worm disease are among 17 neglected tropical diseases now targeted by a new global strategy, supported by worldwide partners, that provides a steady supply of quality medications, the United Nations health agency said today.
More than one million children in Yemen are involved in child labour, according to a United Nations study released today, which calls for the Middle Eastern country to protect its youth and abide by international standards to ensure they are not deprived of their rights.
The top United Nations envoy in Iraq today strongly condemned recent wave of attacks which have targeted individuals in crowded areas and have killed and injured dozens of people.